Nice Quote

I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.    Doris Day

Dog Horoscope: via www.dogsgossip.com / Libra for Brasco

LIBRA

September 24 to October 23

Good natured, gentle, faithful and playful

on the naughty side...
Lazy, greedy, possessive and vocal

 

LIKES

gentleness

lazing around

eating

lots of attention

DISLIKES

being ignored

being bullied by other dogs

being scolded

Dogs under this sign tend to come across as elegant, charming, playful and quite gentle.  They have a well balanced and lovely temperament, but have this insatiable appetite for constant attention and approval, to the point where it can actually become quite irritating.  They are very much in tune  to their owner's moods and always seem to be sitting next to them at the right time when they sense their owner needs a loyal companion for support.  They go out of their way to please their owner and just love receiving pats and rewards for their loyalty.  They are very sociable around other dogs and people, loving the play and interaction it creates enabling them to get some more of that attention they constantly seek. Lower back problems are of concern for Libran dogs and because they are great lovers of any type of food given to them, their owners need to be particularly careful they don’t let them get too overweight.

Doggy Birthday Cake

Betty had a birthday the last day of February and Chee had a birthday, well a monthly bd, on the 1st.  Chee will have her 1 yr birthday on May 1st, 2010.  Anyway, here's the cake and ice cream.

Chihuahua Dogs/article from Dogster.com

Chihuahua Dogs

Prayer of a Stray author unknown

Dear God, Please send me somebody who'll care!
I'm tired of running, I'm sick with despair.
My body is aching, it's so racked with pain,
And Dear God, I pray as I run in the rain,
That someone will love me and give me a home.
A warm cozy bed and a big juicy bone.
My last owner tied me all day in the yard
Sometimes with no water and God that was hard!
So I chewed my leash God, and I ran away
To rummage in garbage and live as a stray.
But now God, I'm tired and hungry and cold.
And I'm so afraid that I'll never grow old.
They've chased me with sticks and hit me with stones
While I run the streets just looking for bones!
I'm not really bad God, Please help if you can,
For I have become just a "Victim of Man!"
I'm wormy Dear God, and I'm ridden with fleas and
All that I want is an owner to please!
If you find one for me God, I'll try to be good
And I won't chew their shoes, but I'll do as I should.
I'll love them, protect them and try to obey
When they tell me to sit, to lie down or to stay!
I don't think I'll make it too long on my own,
Cause I'm getting so weak and I'm so all alone.
Each night as I sleep in the bushes I cry,
Cause I'm so afraid God, that I'm gonna die!
And I've got so much love and devotion to give,
That I should be given a new chance to live.
So Dear God PLEASE, Please answer my Prayer and
Send me somebody who WILL really care...

Brasco and Betty: Way Before Puppies

Brasco wasn't expecting this little girl puppy.  Jim and I went to the lake to visit my cousin and on the way we stopped at a small pet store.  There were 2 puppies in a carrier.  One was a teacup and one was a long haired Chihuahua.  The teacup was really too small for us, so Jim picked up the other one and never put her down.  We bought her and took her home to meet Brasco and Clifton.  Actually, she met my cousins and a cat that was staying with them, first.  The cat was kind of big and Betty was little, but like most Chihuahuas, she thought she was just as big as the cat.  The cat stayed inside all the time, so he didn't even know what a dog was and Betty, being Betty as we know her now, didn't really care what it was.  She had been in the pet store around other dogs, cats, birds, so she just jumped right in.  Like I said, the cat didn't know what to think.  Betty promptly ate out of the cats bowl.  My cousin got a box for her and she got in the box. 

The big thing was wondering how Brasco would react.  He had been the only dog, living with my dad, my son and me.  He was 4 years old when we got Betty.  We put her down on the floor and they stared at each other for a while.  Brasco really seemed to like her and Betty was a bouncing baby, so she was all over him.  Brasco watched over her like a mother would.  lol  I was really amazed at his reaction.  We got a bigger box for her to sleep in and he would watch me every night while I put her "in the box."  That became our new saying "in the box" because Brasco knew what that meant.  I would say are you ready to put Betty "in the box"?  He knew she was going to sleep.  Even after all these years, (Betty just turned 7 years old) we can still say "in the box" and Brasco perks his ears up.

 After 3 litters of puppies, we figure Brasco really is ready to put Betty "in the box".

Betty and baby Chee Chee and Fuzzy-face

Yes, Betty is mom to Chee Chee and Fuzzy-face :0)

Chee Chee and Fuzzy-face

Chee and Fuzzy-face didn't know what to think of each other at first, but they are quite the pair now.  They play/fight all the time and she leans on him and he doesn't seem to mind.  He used to kinda growl and get up real fast if she touched him, but hes used to her now.  I looked over there earlier today because  FF was squeaking.  He was dreaming, most probably about being outside chasing big girl dogs or being on the road in the big truck, anyway, Chee Chee was watching him. 

Fuzzy_face

Fuzzy-face, or as hes better known "the girl magnet" , has a mohawk and he looks like his dad.  He, just about every time, closes his eyes when he sees me with the camera.  Hes got big ol purdy eyes, like his dad. 

Dynamite

Dynamite loves to jump on our back when we're at the puter. Sometimes he even looks at things on the screen. He has typed to his Uncle Bob in Wisconsin. lol A big hand "splat" on the keyboard, basically. Anyway, if hes not on my back or Jims back, he is under the cover on the bed. Hes "The King".